Time Events 9:00-9:20 Registration and Coffee 9:20-9:30 Opening Remarks Leadership Panel (Panel of speakers from Industry, Academia, and Government agency) 9:30-10:45 Dr. Deanna Behring ( Director of International Programs at Penn State) Dr. Shakun Malik (NIH) Dr. Frank L. Dorman (Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State) 10:45-11:00 Dr. Kristin A Dreyer (Program Director for Education & Outreach, Center for Nanoscale Science) Coffee and Networking Break Breakout Session I Diversity and leadership Leading the way in job hunting Dr. Xue Z Liu, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S 11:00-11:45 11:45-12:00 Professor of Otolaryngology, Pediatrics& Human Genetics Vice Chairman& Director of Research of Otolaryngology Director of Miami Otogenetic Program, President of ACGA Dr. Bob Gochnour, Ph.D. Manager, Advanced Reservoir Simulation Development & Deployment / Workflow & Toolkit Deployment / Strategy & Integration / Reservoir Development Coffee and Networking Break Breakout Session II Communicate science to public 12:00-12:45 Dr. Peggy Lemaux ( Genetic Engineering of Crop Plants, UC Berkeley; Cooperative Extension Specialist ASPB president) 12:45-2:00 Mentor and mentee relationship Dr.Kateryna Makova (Pentz Professor of Biology, Penn State) Lunch and Networking Keynote Speaker 2:00-3:00 Dr. Jacquelyn Bolman (Director, INRSEP, c/o Humboldt State University) 3:00-3:30 Closing Remarks, Evaluation, and Wrap up Speakers’ webpages: 1. (Senorpe) Dr. Deanna Behring: Director of International Programs. http://agsci.psu.edu/directory/dmb37 2. (Richa) Dr. Shakun Malik: http://www.cancerquest.org/shakun-malik-interview.html 3. (Anna) Dr. Frank L. Dorman: http://forensics.psu.edu/faculty-staff/fld3 4. (Kathryne) Dr. Kristin A Dreyer: http://www.mrsec.psu.edu/directory/ 5. (Shu) Dr. Xue Z Liu: http://otolaryngology.med.miami.edu/research/researchers/xue-liumd-phd 6. (Lauren) Dr. Bob Gochnour: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=12573740&authType=NAME_SEARCH&aut hToken=52Ou&locale=en_US&srchid=1316703441386825851199&srchindex=1&srcht otal=4&trk=vsrp_people_res_name&trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A1316703441386825851 199%2CVSRPtargetId%3A12573740%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary 7. (Shu) Dr.Peggy Lemaux: http://pmb.berkeley.edu/profile/plemaux 8. (Marcia) Dr.Kateryna Makova: http://www.bx.psu.edu/makova_lab/ 9. (Lina) Dr. Jacquelyn Bolman: http://www.humboldt.edu/inrsep/contact.html